The theme of your wedding is crazy important. You know that! It’s why you have seven Pinterest boards, each dedicated to a different theme or style of wedding you want. Unfortunately, it’s pretty difficult to get seven themes to flow cohesively, but if you’re determined to have a Rustic-Fairytale-Harry Potter-Shabby Chic-Travel-Coffee-Country wedding, then we tip our hats to you! But if you are going to settle on just one, then you’ve got a difficult decision in front of you. Your theme is going to determine what your décor is, what your cake will look like, and maybe even what kind of dress you buy. To help you make your decision, here are five steps to narrow the field. 1. Make a list of all the themes you like. (Yup, all of them.) Now’s the time, write down all the weddings you’ve imagined in your head. Include everything from the Blush and Bashful plans you made in middle school to the uber stylish contemporary ceremony you once told your friend about. You might as well have as many to choose from as possible.2. Evaluate them based on your budget. Ugh, money. If only we were all wealthy heiresses, right? But, alas, we must soldier on and consider our (and maybe our parents’) wallets. Decorations, centerpieces, and small touches add up to cost big money, so make sure your theme can be accomplished based on your budget. For example, if you’re doing a DIY wedding on a modest budget then you might consider going with a Rustic or Travel or a Nature theme. Decorations for these can be found at thrift stores or by borrowing through family friends. Opulent or Pop Culture motifs usually cost more because everything you’re hunting for is custom or licensed.3. Evaluate based on your venue and date. So the date one is easy. Obviously, you don’t want a winter wedding in the middle of June. You’re not Elsa. You already know that, so go ahead and cross off all those on your list that just aren’t seasonally appropriate for the date of your wedding. Now, the venue, that’s almost as easy but there’s a little more wiggle room. You can have a Fairytale styled wedding in almost any venue, but some themes just don’t quite work everywhere. For instance, if you’ve booked a hotel ballroom, I’d cross off anything Rustic, Country, or quaint. If you’ve got the ballroom, go big, girl.4. Look at your past wedding collections and your Pinterest boards. You get to do a lot of fun new stuff for weddings: look at expensive rings, buy a once-in-a-lifetime dress, deal with in-laws, etc. But this isn’t the time to forget just who you are and what you want. So go back through that notebook you made of pictures cut out of magazines and peruse all those Pinterest boards you made. What keeps repeating? What has been the stuff you go back to the most? That’s you. That’s the stuff that will make everyone at your wedding say, “It felt just like so-and-so.” Embrace you and all the things you’ve loved.5. Ask your future hubs. This one can really be added at any point during the process, but sometimes it’s nice to know what you want before you present your significant other with the final options. His opinion matters because as much as we sometimes don’t want to admit it- it is his day too (at least a small, small part of it…). Take your final options, explain why you picked them, and then ask him what he thinks.**Just in case you need some theme ideas or more pretty wedding pictures to look at, check out our Pinterest page at https://www.pinterest.com/fivesensefarm/.**

This Guest Blog Spot is written by Emily Burns, FiveSense Farm's new Marketing Manager. For more information, email Emily at fsfarmmarketing@gmail.com.